When the differences of opinion between the two sides of the negotiation can be quantified in monetary terms, the problem is relatively simple to solve. There is an unwritten rule in the foreign policy of the Haihan Executive Committee, that is, all problems that can be solved with money are not a problem, and in the process of contacting Ming officials, spending money to buy and win over has always been one of the alternatives.

For the project of organizing immigrants in the Ming Dynasty, which requires a certain degree of cooperation from the local government, it is far better to buy off local officials than to use violent means to solve the problem. After all, Haihan's goal at this stage is to recruit immigrants from the Ming Dynasty and expand the scale of trade, rather than to attack cities and land in the Ming Dynasty, and cooperation with the local government is the main theme.

Of course, this money is not given away for nothing, and since Haihan regards this as a special business transaction, it will naturally evaluate whether its income can achieve its own goals. For example, when buying a local government with a local magistrate as a representative figure, Haihan would consider the degree to which the local government could work for itself as a bidding consideration, and set different criteria for this.

For example, Zhang Pucheng is willing to use the name of the county government to make a notice for Haihan's immigration recruitment activities, and he can get a basic offer. If someone is sent to the countryside on behalf of the county government to assist Haihan in carrying out propaganda, then on this basis, a higher reward can be given. If Zhang Pucheng is willing to come forward in person and openly stand up for Haihan, the financial rewards he can get will be further enhanced. To put it simply, how much money he gets for how much he does, and how much silver Zhang Pucheng can get from Haihan depends on his attitude and degree of contribution.

Zhang Pucheng listened to Ha Lugong's simple explanation, and was even more moved by this grading condition, if he was willing to cooperate with Haihan without reservation, he would be able to earn almost three or four thousand taels of silver in a year, and he would not receive so much money even if he worked as a magistrate in Fushan County for another ten years. And now Fushan County can't make ends meet, and there is basically no oil and water at all, and suddenly Haihan, a wealthy man with a big shot, Zhang Pucheng is really reluctant to let it go.

Seeing that Zhang Pucheng was silent, Halu Gong knew that he was still uncertain about this matter, so he immediately added another force: "Lord Zhang, with the strength of my Haihan, I can do it on my own without asking for help from the government, and in this Fushan County, except for the Wanjia Army, there should be no other forces that can interfere with our actions." If we think that this kind of cooperation is not necessary, then we will not be reluctant, in the future, we will not interfere with the river water, we will not enter the county, and the county government will not hinder our local actions. ”

Zhang Pucheng suddenly came back to his senses from his contemplation and replied with a smile: "Haling, this official didn't say that you can't cooperate, you are bent on helping the people of Li, and as a local parent official, you naturally want to support such good deeds." In this way, after returning to the city today, the official drafted a notice to reassure the people, explaining the measures of Haihan to help the people, and posted it at the four gates of the county seat to reassure the people. When he is free, the official will also go out to the countryside and personally explain this matter to the people of various villages and villages, what does Harling think?"

With Lord Zhang presiding over this matter, the local people should soon be able to solve the problem of survival. Halu Gong saw that Zhang Pucheng was finally relieved, and he also put down a big stone at the moment. Since Zhang Pucheng said it so beautifully, Ha Lugong did not hesitate to open the business mutual blowing mode and say a few words to praise the other party.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say! I just don't know the conditions that Ha Lu talked about before...... Zhang Pucheng said this, and he dragged out his tone and observed Ha Lugong's reaction.

Ha Lugong said: "Although the main force of the Wanjia Army has been wiped out by us, there should be some remnants absconding, so Wanmeng still needs to be tried again to ensure that the Wanjia Army will not recur." In this way, in three days, we will escort Wan Meng to the county seat and hand it over to Lord Zhang for disposal. ”

"Evil should be punished! This fang has been doing evil in Fushan County for many years, and this time he was captured by Harling's men and horses, which can be regarded as good and evil will be rewarded in the end! When this official plays this matter, he will definitely say a few good words for Haihan's righteous deeds!" Zhang Pucheng remembered that he had been coerced by the Wanjia army in the past few years, and he had been holding back a bad breath in his heart, and when the Haihan people handed over Wanmeng in a few days, he would definitely parade him in the streets inside and outside the county town to show the public, so as to resolve the hatred in his heart. Although Zhang Pucheng is not a spotless Qing official, he is also quite conscientious for his jurisdiction, but he is forced to confront Wanjiajun head-on. Haihan took the initiative to send troops to eliminate the Wanjia army, and Zhang Pucheng did have an appreciation and gratitude for this matter.

Harugong clapped his palms and commanded loudly, "Come on, bring the gifts!"

Several soldiers brought up two wooden boxes, one large and one small, and Ha Lugong introduced: "This big box contains some local products of Haihan, all of which are worthless gadgets, Lord Zhang, don't dislike it!" After that, he opened the box and showed Zhang Pucheng what it contained.

There are a lot of things in this box, including Haihan's most well-known mercury glass mirror, glass stationery, ornaments, etc., as well as Sanya special brew, fruit candy, toffee and other foods, matches, soap and other daily necessities, and even snuff that has just begun to be introduced to the market. Ha Lugong took out one and explained its function, Zhang Pucheng was dazzled, and the evaluation of the Haihan people in his heart unconsciously raised a notch.

Even if Harugong is not good at selling, a discerning person can know at a glance that these things are not ordinary, and naturally know that what he says is true. Zhang Pucheng remembered that he had heard the rumors before that the Haihan people were known for being good at trade, so it seemed that they were indeed some good goods. Although he didn't know the actual value of these things, Zhang Pucheng could roughly guess that this box of assorted goods was worth a lot of money, and most of the things he had never seen before, or even heard of them. Listening to Ha Lugong say that these things are very popular in the south, and they are essential things in the homes of dignitaries and nobles, which makes Zhang Pucheng feel that he has suddenly become a dirt bun who has never seen the world.

Ha Lugong said dryly, grabbed the teacup on the table and poured it, then pointed to another slightly smaller box and said, "This is one thousand taels of silver, and if you pay it again in three months, Master Zhang can count it." ”

Zhang Pucheng was polite, but he couldn't help but open the box, and the silver ingots of twenty taels and one ingots were neatly stacked in the box in two layers.

Zhang Pucheng took a deep breath, slowly closed the lid of the box, and said to Ha Lugong: "For your kindness, this official first thanked the local people! This official also knows that you are not saving people in vain, but please be kind to the people recruited from the local area. ”

Ha Lugong said: "Master Zhang can rest assured, the area under the rule of Haihan has always been peaceful, and there is enough food to eat, and when these people go to the south, they will definitely live more steadily than in Dengzhou!"

Zhang Pucheng heard this, and his heart was also a little uncomfortable, although Ha Lugong had no intention of attacking him, but this comparison made him easily think of the gap between the two sides' governance ability, and immediately defended: "Your side is running a farm, and this official is governing a county, and there is still a difference between them. ”

Ha Lugong smiled and said, "Our Haihan's territory in the south is much larger than the two prefectures of Denglai combined, but it is not just a county. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the south who are under our administration, and I am afraid that there is indeed a big difference in the ability to govern the localities. ”

Zhang Pucheng did not believe Halugong's "boasting" too much, he thought that although the Haihan people were very rich, how could they replace the role of the local government, unless they had already erected a rebellion in the south. Zhang Pucheng really didn't expect that the Haihan he was dealing with now was no longer a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but a regime that had become independent this year. Of course, if he had known the news in advance, he probably wouldn't have agreed to the terms of cooperation so happily, if he was poked out by someone with a heart, it would be a sin to get rid of it, even if he was dismissed and lost his official position, it would be light.

After receiving the benefits at the moment, Zhang Pucheng didn't want to compete with Halugong anymore, so after a few perfunctory words, he took the initiative to say goodbye. Ha Lugong had basically finished talking about the matter, and he didn't keep any more at the moment, so he asked people to carry two boxes of gifts with the bandit horses captured in yesterday's battle and hand them to Zhang Pucheng's men.

Zhang Pucheng went back to the city with two boxes of gifts, and Ha Lugong was greatly relieved that he had negotiated the deal. This kind of bargaining with Ming officials is not what he is good at, but at the moment, only he and Chen Yixin are here, and someone has to come forward to negotiate with the Fushan County government. Fortunately, the process was quite smooth, Zhang Pucheng finally failed to resist Haihan's temptation, and agreed to cooperate after receiving the benefits, which also saved Haihan a lot of trouble in the future.

Zhang Pucheng was also quite trustworthy, and the next day he posted a notice outside the city gate, praising the "Haihan Business Group" for assisting the government in exterminating the bandit Wanjia Army, and recognizing Haihan's practice of helping the local people by recruiting immigrants in Fushan County, which basically provided an official guarantee for Haihan. People in the slums outside the county town who were still holding a wait-and-see attitude, after seeing the official statement, many of them chose to go to the Haihan people - after all, the Haihan people can provide food and protection, which is something that the local government cannot do. As for the notice saying that the operation to exterminate the Wanjia Army was presided over by the government, just look at this kind of scene, the defenders in the city have not been able to shrink in the past few days, and they have not met with the Wanjia Army at all, and the clear-eyed people certainly know very well who is the person who really dealt with the Wanjia Army.

It took Haihan two days to transport all the bandits captured in the war back to Zhifu Island. During this period, according to Wan Meng's confession, the special operations battalion and the cavalry battalion also carried out a raid and search in the slums outside the county town, trying to catch Pu Xueguang, a military division of the Wanjia Army who was still absconding, but this operation came to naught. Pu Xueguang probably slipped away quietly at the same time as the defeat of the Wanjia Army, and the Wanjia Army's stronghold outside the city only left a few wounded people who could not leave because of leg and foot injuries, and the information he knew was extremely limited, which was of little value to Haihan.

However, this action once again alarmed the government in the county, and the soldiers defending the city thought that Haihan was going to raise troops to attack the city, so they hurriedly closed the city gate and reported to the county government in an emergency. When Zhang Pucheng and Huang Qu arrived in a hurry, things were almost done on Haihan's side, Zhang Pucheng sent someone out of the city to ask, only to know that he was arresting the remnants of the Wanjia army, and he couldn't cry or laugh at this farce. However, this can't be blamed on the Haihan people for not reporting in advance, because the two sides have not established a stable news channel before, after such a fuss, both sides have realized that this matter must be put on the agenda, otherwise the defenders in the county town are in a state of high mental tension every day, and sooner or later they will be made into a nervous breakdown and poke out a bigger Louzi.

On the tenth day of the arrival of the Haihan fleet on Zhifu Island, the command took stock of the current progress. At present, more than 1,100 immigrants have been recruited from the areas around Zhifu Island, and this can be regarded as a preliminary achievement. Considering that there are still a large number of infrastructure projects on Zhifu Island that need to be rushed, except for a small number of orphans, women and children who are helpless and will be transported back to the south, most of the young and strong laborers will be temporarily left on Zhifu Island and assigned to various construction sites on the island to participate in the construction. In places with the most difficult environmental conditions, such as the dock site, the more than 1,000 prisoners of war captured in Fushan County were naturally used.

Although Haihan did not immediately fulfill his promise to send migrants to the south, it was not an unacceptable arrangement for the people who had taken refuge in Haihan. Most of them don't really want to leave their hometowns and go to a completely unfamiliar environment, and this Zhifu Island is at least still in the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture, and it is quite comfortable to live here. Moreover, the Haihan people are building a lot of construction on the island, constantly building residential areas and various semi-permanent infrastructure, which is obviously going to take root in the local area for a long time, and this move has also given the people more confidence.

In addition, the large number of ships docked in Zhifu Bay also dispelled the doubts of the people about Haihan's maritime capacity before coming here, since this huge fleet could transport thousands of people from the south, it certainly had the ability to transport migrants from here to the south. As for the sooner or later it is not a big problem, because there is no more urgent survival and safety problems at the moment, and the leaders of Haihan have also come forward to promise to send away all those who have voluntarily settled in the south before the arrival of winter, and the immigrants who have just escaped from the harsh living environment have nothing to find fault with this.

(End of chapter)

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